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Climbing \Climb"ing\,
p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}.
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{Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}.

{Climbing perch}. (Zool.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}.
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed}
(kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D.
klimmen, Icel. kl[imac]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.]
1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands
and feet.
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2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
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Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.
--Dryden.
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3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a
support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets,
etc., to a support or upright surface.
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